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Security Clearance Denial

One of the first cases of 2022 heard by the Defense Office of Hearing an Appeals (DOHA) involved an DoD contractor who had downloaded child pornography from 2006-10 and was interviewed about it by the FBI after they had seized his computer. The DoD CAF denied clearance eligibility, but that

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Obtaining Security Clearance

Last month I wrote about the Security Clearance Improvement Act of 2021 that was submitted to Congress with the aim of identifying security clearance applicants who may have participated in events such as those that occurred on January 6, 2021 at the Capitol. Last week another bill called the Security Clearance Review

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Denial

Security clearance holders have an obligation to report all employment outside the scope of the company who sponsored their clearance. This is to ensure there are no…
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Polygraph

The use of illegal drugs (under Federal law) is a sure-fire way to lose eligibility for a security clearance, especially if you already have one.…
Obtaining Security Clearance

As we all know, divorces have the potential to get messy. Property and monetary compensation are motivation for one or both parties to resort to…